Furniture-leg fastener.



J. KOHN.

FURNITURE LEG FASTENER.

APPLICATION FILED DEC. 10. 1914.

Patented June 22,

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JULIUS KOI-IN, OF VIENNA, AUSTRIA-HUNGARY.

FURNITURE-LEG FASTENER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 22, 1915.

Application filed December 10, 1914. Serial N 0. 876,485.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, JULIUS KoHN, a citizen of Austria-Hungary, and a resident of Vienna, Austria-Hungary, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Furniture-Leg Fasteners, of which the fol lowing is a specification.

This invention relates to a fastener of novel construction more particularly adapted for attaching chair legs to seat frames, though the invention may also be applied to other articles of furniture. The fastener is so constituted that it will obtain an exceedingly tight grip on the seat frame, and effect a very reliable connection between said frame and the leg.

In the accompanying drawing: Figure 1 is a Vertical central section of a fastener embodying my invention; Fig. 2 a similar section of the clamp detached, and Fig. 3 a plan of the clamp.

The seat frame 1 is furnished with a downwardly extending bore 2, adapted for the reception of a screw 3 which projects upwardly from the leg 4,. Bore 2 communicates at its top with a mortise 5, that opens along the inner side of frame 1. That portion of the frame which contains bore 2 and is located beneath mortise 5 constitutes a web which is straddled by a substantially U shaped clamp A, made of malleable iron or similar bendable or resilient material. This clamp is composed of an upper portion or not 6, a lower portion or base 7, and a connecting web 8 all made integral. Nut 6, is accommodated within mortise 5, its eye being axially alined with bore 2. Base '7, un-

derlies frame 1, and has a central opening which likewise registers axially with bore 2. Web 8, extends along the inner face of frame 1 and serves as a connecting link between the nut and the base.

To attach the leg to the frame, its screw 3 is passed through base 7 and bore 2 into ongagement with nut 6. The turning of the leg will cause the two parts 6 and 7 of the clamp to be drawn toward each other, so as to tighten their hold upon the frame, and insure a firm and reliable connection between leg and frame. The fastener may be readily applied and removed, for the purposes of as semblage, storage, transportation and repair.

I claim:

In a device of the character described, a frame provided with a mortise, a perforated web formed below said mortise, and a U- shaped clamp straddling said web and comprising an upper shank accommodated within the mortise and having a threaded bore in axial alinement with the web-perforation, a lower shank extending along the lower side of the frame and having a perforation also in alinement with the web-perforation, and a cross piece connecting said upper and lower shanks, combined with a leg engaging the lower clamp-shank, and a screw projecting upwardly from said leg and loosely passing through the lower shankand web-perforations into engagement with the threaded bore of the upper clamp-shank.

JULIUS KOHN.

Witnesses:

Aueusr Fuoenn, JQI-IANN FLEISCHMANN.

Goples of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. G. 

